In 1796, when slavery remained both legal and common in New York, a white man named Aquila Giles set out to free Hannah, a 30-year-old woman he enslaved, and her daughter, Abigail, who was about 5.

Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next revelation in a sprawling case. Interview by Patrick Healy With Steve ...

Nearly two-thirds of Americans don’t have a will, according to recent surveys — and most think estate planning is something you do when you’re old. Or wealthy. Or have a beachfront vacation home and a ...

Effective fraud detection and analysis of government-issued identity documents, such as passports, driver’s licenses, and identity cards, are essential in thwarting identity theft and bolstering ...

The US Department of Justice released around three million more documents linked to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation on Friday The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has removed thousands of documents ...

The Justice Department on Jan. 30 released over 3 million files related to its investigations of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein over the past two decades, with revelations that have rattled ...

Scott MacFarlane is CBS News' Justice correspondent. He has covered Washington for two decades, earning 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has resulted directly in the passage of five ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department said Monday that it had withdrawn several thousand documents and "media" related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after lawyers told a New York judge that ...

The Department of Justice has released nearly 3.5 million pages of documents from cases and investigations related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The DOJ released its first batch of files ...